TABLE.EXTERNAL_INDEX_DEF_FROM_NAME_GET Function

Syntax

OutputString as C = External_Index_Def_From_Name_Get(C tablename,C description,C format)

Arguments

tablename

The name of the table or set.

description

Character

format

Character

"E" = Error
"P" = Filename
"O" = Order
"F" = Filter
"X" = All flags
"U" = Unique
"D" = Descending
"I" = Insensitive
"T" = Type

Description

Retrieve a external tag information given a table or setname and description - format E=Error P=Filename O=order,F=filter,X=all flags, U=Unique, D=escending, I=Insensitive T=Type.

Discussion

The TABLE.EXTERNAL_INDEX_DEF_FROM_NAME_GET() method retrieves external index information given a table or set name and description. This is very useful because it allows you to write Xbasic code that will check to see if a table's indexes match what they should be. If they do not match, then you can rebuild missing indexes. There are two functions. TABLE.EXTERNAL_INDEX_DEF_ENUM() returns the definition of all of the index tags in an index file. TABLE.EXTERNAL_INDEX_DEF_FROM_NAME_GET()returns the definition of a single index. Both of these return data for a table specified by Table_or_Set_Name (i.e. the table does not have to be open). There are also functions that allow you to get information about indexes if you have a pointer to an open table.

Example

Here is example usage of the two methods.

? table.external_index_def_enum("customer", "a,e,n,p,o,f,x,u,d,i,t" + crlf())
= ,,Company,c:\program files\a5v6\samples\alphasports\Customer.CDX, COMPANY,,,,,,Index
,,Customer_Id_Unique,c:\program files\a5v6\samples\alphasports\Customer.CDX, CUSTOMER_ID,,U,T,,,Index
,,Customer_Id,c:\program files\a5v6\samples\alphasports\Customer.CDX, CUSTOMER_ID,,,,,,Index
,,Lastname,c:\program files\a5v6\samples\alphasports\Customer.CDX, LASTNAME+FIRSTNAME,,,,,,Index
,,Lastname1,c:\program files\a5v6\samples\alphasports\Customer.CDX, LASTNAME,,,,,,Index
? table.external_index_def_from_name_get("customer", "company", "a,e,n,p,o,f,x,u,d,i,t")
= ",,Company,c:\program files\a5v6\samples\alphasports\Customer.CDX,COMPANY,,,,,,Index"

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